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MemeFan said:
I already knew bureaucracy is bad, but this bad:

brownstone.org

Every Bureaucrat Destroys 138 Jobs ⋆ Brownstone Institute

An Auburn University study says every single regulator destroys fully 158 private sector jobs every year you keep him on the job.
brownstone.org brownstone.org

Look positive: One fired bureaucrat and you can afford new wife.

I ssssoooooo mmmmuuuccchhh love mottosierra.

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I didn't know that statistic, but having been in the business world (in addition to my ministries) I was continually running up against some bureaucracy that wanted to assure my businesses a failure. Well, they didn't win, but they sure made life more difficult. Although, it was the FAA who finally cost me my last business after the destruction of the Twin Towers. Even though my aircraft (nor anything even resembling my aircraft) were involved in the destruction, FAA found a way to make rules against my whole class of aircraft that totally destroyed the industry. I built ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT. And yet FAA found a way to make rules and regulations they were prohibited from making until that event, when our government turned all rhyme and reason over to bureaucrats. That cost me $2,000,000. I have finally paid off all debts but am left with only the properties I owned, a couple cars, and some farm machinery. Hah, here I am feeling sorry for myself when some of the people jumped out of windows in order to avoid burning to death, others were crushed when buildings fell on them and others suffered cancers because of the dust from those buildings falling. I came out in pretty good shape when you think about it. Praise be to God.
 
PastorLarry said:
I didn't know that statistic, but having been in the business world (in addition to my ministries) I was continually running up against some bureaucracy that wanted to assure my businesses a failure. Well, they didn't win, but they sure made life more difficult. Although, it was the FAA who finally cost me my last business after the destruction of the Twin Towers. Even though my aircraft (nor anything even resembling my aircraft) were involved in the destruction, FAA found a way to make rules against my whole class of aircraft that totally destroyed the industry. I built ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT. And yet FAA found a way to make rules and regulations they were prohibited from making until that event, when our government turned all rhyme and reason over to bureaucrats. That cost me $2,000,000. I have finally paid off all debts but am left with only the properties I owned, a couple cars, and some farm machinery. Hah, here I am feeling sorry for myself when some of the people jumped out of windows in order to avoid burning to death, others were crushed when buildings fell on them and others suffered cancers because of the dust from those buildings falling. I came out in pretty good shape when you think about it. Praise be to God.
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I hate these guys.

FAA is primary reason we don't have flying cars.
 
OK, I remember that one. Never had the chance to fly one, sadly.

MemeFan said:
I hate these guys...
FAA is primary reason we don't have flying cars.
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I met Molt Taylor (the 'Aerocar') years ago at Oshkosh. He told the story about how/why they deep-sixed his dream, over 50 years ago.
 
Mark C said:
OK, I remember that one. Never had the chance to fly one, sadly.



I met Molt Taylor (the 'Aerocar') years ago at Oshkosh. He told the story about how/why they deep-sixed his dream, over 50 years ago.
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Wow! I'm not even familiar with that. I do recall, as a very young child watching "the Author Godfrey Show" that he took his audience out to wherever he had his car/plane stored. That was on nationwide TV on one of the 3 channels available at the time. It may have been an 'Aerocar'. That was what started my lifelong dream of flying. From that point on I picked up every article about flying I could read. I was NOT interested in jets, or large aircraft, but always in one to four-place aircraft, especially STOL. My MitchellWings would take off and land on "a postage stamp." We also held the world distance record but that flight was never listed (at least that I saw) in air miles. But the flight took off at the Winterset, Iowa airport and landed somewhere in Mid-Indiana - using 5 gallons of gasoline. See, before they were listed as Ultralights, MitchellWings were listed as Motorgliders. The pilot could well have stopped the engine any number of times in flight because it had a 16:1 glide ratio. If you were a mile in the air you could glide 16 miles before needing to start it up again. I was in Nevada somewhere one time hauling an airplane out to California. I stopped at this Nevada airport and was treated to a story about an owner there who had a MitchellWing. He had made the mistake of flying one day when there was a strong updraft of air that lasted all night. He could not land because "the dang thing could not be forced down to land." He was up there all night long and well into the next afternoon before he was able to force it down to land. I have never heard of anything like that before or since. But they declared it was "cross their heart and hope to die" true.
 
There was a bright green and yellow Taylor Aerocar (one of only three still flying, IIRC) at my home base in Longmont, Colorado. Used to see it frequently, but never got to fly in it. Pusher prop, tail boom and wings detached, then it drove a bit like a VW bug.

PastorLarry said:
He had made the mistake of flying one day when there was a strong updraft of air that lasted all night. He could not land because "the dang thing could not be forced down to land."
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Those of us that routinely fly the mountains are familiar with "Mountain Wave," where updrafts (and downdrafts!) can readily exceed 2000 fpm. You learn to visualize where they are, based on winds aloft and terrain. I can remember taking off from Longmont (in our R-STOL-equipped C182) and climbing in the wave to almost 18,000 feet in less than ten minutes, then making the fastest trip ever to Missouri, with over 100 kts on the tail the whole time. And the only time I ever landed in Flagstaff (with desert summer updrafts) where I literally had to fight my way DOWN.

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Mark C said:
There was a bright green and yellow Taylor Aerocar (one of only three still flying, IIRC) at my home base in Longmont, Colorado. Used to see it frequently, but never got to fly in it. Pusher prop, tail boom and wings detached, then it drove a bit like a VW bug.


Those of us that routinely fly the mountains are familiar with "Mountain Wave," where updrafts (and downdrafts!) can readily exceed 2000 fpm. You learn to visualize where they are, based on winds aloft and terrain. I can remember taking off from Longmont (in our R-STOL-equipped C182) and climbing in the wave to almost 18,000 feet in less than ten minutes, then making the fastest trip ever to Missouri, with over 100 kts on the tail the whole time. And the only time I ever landed in Flagstaff (with desert summer updrafts) where I literally had to fight my way DOWN.

Thanks for the info...
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Being relatively new in the business at that time, I had never even heard of updrafts. It sounded like a fairy tale until several others told the same story. Wow. Think about how scary that must have been. I suppose the fellow didn't dare sleep (if he could) for fear the updraft would quit)
 
If I remember correctly my single-place aircraft had a 32-foot wingspan and the two-place had a 38+ wingspan. Both had a 16 to 1 glide ratio. I loved those airplanes. All aluminum construction with the exception of fiberglass trim, fiberglass pod and fiberglass wheel pants for those who added them. Never did I have a business I enjoyed as much as that. Had always wanted to fly but never had the money for lessons. With my own company and a company trainer, I was able to learn to fly from one of the best pilots ever.
 
MemeFan said:
I will be dying from laughter in next British election.

Andrew Tate has launched BRUV party.

Article is from regime perspective:

www.standard.co.uk

Andrew Tate's 'bro politics' is coming for the UK. Should we be worried?

Tech bros and the far right are uniting in an attempt to shake up British politics. How much influence are they really set to have?
www.standard.co.uk www.standard.co.uk

He openly supports polygyny.
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That is fascinating. I had no idea that he was working a political angle. That is smart!!
 
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